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This episode explores the collective crisis of imagination facing changemakers and reframes change as a dynamic process of possibility.

Skip the HCN Weekly Brief: 6:20 How do we create a better future if we struggle to imagine one? Reflecting on the conversations that emerged during a week-long Post-Growth Futures series, this episode explores one of the biggest challenges facing changemakers today: our collective crisis of imagination. Rather than treating the future as a single destination waiting to unfold, the discussion reframes change as a dynamic process of possibility, where multiple futures exist simultaneously and emerge through the conditions we create today. Drawing on systems thinking, philosophy, and practical lessons from facilitating conversations across diverse perspectives, the episode explores why social movements often become trapped debating the "right" vision of the future, how differing visions can become a source of strength rather than division, and why humility, dialogue, and imagination may be among the most important capacities we need to navigate an increasingly uncertain world. Whether you're working on climate, community development, democracy, or any other social challenge, this conversation offers a new way of thinking about change itself—and the role each of us plays in…

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Organizations: Humanitarian Changemakers Network

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